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NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 13, 2012 – Sierra Northern Railroad has purchased 18.82 acres of land from the Port of West Sacramento to support a new rail track loop and the planned SacPort BioFuels facility. Purchase price was about $1.5 million, port director Mike Luken told the News-Ledger. The port and Sierra Northern will jointly [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – The West Sacramento Theater Company needs volunteer ticket sellers, ushers, crew members or walk-on actors (to play police officers) for its upcoming July production of “Four Pennies,” which will play Fridays-Sundays from July 6 to July 29. Email wsct@hotmail.com if you can help on any of these dates. Visit the theater [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 13, 2012 – Information for this ‘Police Log’ has come directly from original police reports and documents. The information includes citizen complaints and other statements that have not substantiated or proven by an investigation or a courtroom. Subscribers to the News-Ledger get to see the ‘Police Log’ just about [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 13, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor EDITOR’S NOTE: On June 7, the News-Ledger published in online article announcing the appointment of Martin Tuttle to be the next city manager for West Sacramento. Following is an updated version of that story from our June 13 edition, printed after we had [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 13, 2012 – The Food Bank of Yolo County will distribute food to eligible residents of West Sacramento and Clarksburg on Tuesday, June 19. Hours of distribution will be: 9-10 a.m. at the West Sacramento County Building, 500 Jefferson Blvd.; 10:30-11:15 a.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1500 Park Blvd.; 11-noon at the [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 13, 2012 – By Steve Marschke, News-Ledger Editor A developer has asked the city for design review for a project involving 354 multifamily dwellings in a “medium density” project near the Tower Bridge. Developer Wolff Enterprises LLC, of Scottsdale, Arizona, is pursuing the project on land now owned by [...]

GEORGINA CRESPO may be trying to make her way to a former home in Texas NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — JUNE 15, 2012 — West Sacramento police are looking for the public’s help in finding an 82-year old Southport woman who is missing from her home, and who may mistakenly be trying to return to her former [...]